Building material



Feb. 16 1926.

J. P. BEARDALL BUILDING MATERIAL Filed Jan. 27, 1922 ,4 l, 4 .,1 AJA a v 757W Peanfldlb @Mom Patented Feb. 16, 1926.

JOHN I. BEARDALL, or BROOKLYN, NRW YORK.

BUILDING MATERIAL.

Application filed January 27, 19,22. Serial No. 532,154.

T0 all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN P. BnAnDnLL, a citizen of the United States, and residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State.

of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Building Materials, of' which the following is a specication,

such as will enable tho-se skilledin the art.l

to which it appertains Vto make and use the same. y p n This invention relates'to building material in the'form ofboards or slabs which` are designed to be placed one upon another and side by side 1n the construction of walls,

ceilings and roofs of a building to form of said boards or slabsV acomplete building independent of any studding or other supports, and the objectof the invention is -to provide a building board or slab of the class speciiied composed of a` frame or framework in which light logs or strips of wood are mounted and secured to form inner and outer facings for said boards or slabs; a further object being to provide a suitable binder or filler which is placed between the separate logs or strips in the board or slab to securely bind the same together and to form a seal and filler therefor, said seal and filler beingpreferably composed of paper pulp but may be composed of any other desirable material; a further Object being to pro-vide the separate boards or slabs with means whereby a plaster or other facing may be mounted on the inner and Outer facings of the boards or slabs;` and with these and other objects in view the invenf tion consists in a board or slab of thejclass and for the purpose specified which is sim-` ple in construction and eiiieient 1n use, and which is constructed l as hereinafter described and claimed.`

The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, of which ythe accom? panying drawing forms a part, in whichthe separate parts of my improvement are des ignated by suitable reference `characters in each of the views, and in which Fig. l is a-diagrammatic view showing a number of my improved boards-or slabs.

mounted one upon another and side by side in the construction of wall of a building 5,

Fig. 2 an enlarged detail view of one of my improved boards or slabs with part of the construction y,broken away and .in section;

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boa-rd or slab shown in Fig. 2, and indicatingin dotted lines a'plaster or other facing on the innervand Outer faces ofl the board or slab, andalso showing a modification; and,

Fig. 4 an edge view of my improvedboard' or slab.

In the accompanying drawing my iml proved board or slabjs shown composed of two approximately similarlyl formed rectangular frame members 5, and 1n the construction Of the board or slab I secure `the kseparate members of each frame together and mount therein'logs'or strips of ,woodl 6 a transversewsection. through the out to iit snugly within the frame and in the accompanying drawing, these logs are shown extending transversely of the frameand are secured in position by nails 7 Vor in any other.

way, but it will beunderstood that I am not 'necessarily limited to any specific arrangement of the logsor: strips 6 in the After two ofthe frames 5 have been ncomplete'ly formed, .or after the. logs or` strips 6 have, been mounted therein with the outer edges ofsaid logs orstrips in common alinement withthe outer edge of the frames 5, as

clearly shown in FigQB of the drawing, said frames are 4placed together with a binder or filler 8 therebetween, which binder or filler is 'compressed in the operation of securing the separate frames ..5 together. The binder or filler preferably employed will ybe paper pulp, or- I may alsoy use. in combination with this paper pulp what is known as `peat or humus,l if desired, or any other binder and iller maybe employed.

` I may also, if desired, mount in the sep.-

arate frames 5, filler strips 9, which consist i of iine twigs or strips of wood which are located between the logs or strips 6 on the inner and outer' faces thereof, as 'clearly shown in Fig. 3 of the drawing.` strips are not shown in Figs. 1 and 2 kfor the reason that they may or may not be ein-` ployed asv desired.

These f Ialso preferably pass a plurality of iinev strips of sheet metal, l0 around the` complete board or slab to secure the same to the logs or strips G thereof as well as the frames 5 thereof, andthese strips provide means for reinforcing and anchoring plaster or other facings which may be applied to the boards or slabs 'after a. buildingfhasl been constructed therewith, and in Fig. 3 of the drawing I have indicated at 11 in dotted lines a plaster or other facing on the inner and outer faces of the board or' slab. y

It will be understood that after a number of the boards or slabs have been formedvink the manner herein specified, they are mount-j ed uponasuitable foundation or platform side by side one upon anotherto form the outer walls and partition walls of a build! ing, and may be mounted inconnection with cach other to form the roof 'of the building, if desired, it being understood that said` boards or slabsare nailed,clamped or other and similar buildingsat camping places, summer resorts and the like, and by reasonl of the material employed buildings v'of the class specified may be constructed very cheaply and will be strong anddurable, and will withstand all 'weather' conditions.

It willl be understood that-Iam not'necessarily limited to Vtheuse of the metal strips 10 orthe plaster or otliervfa'cing 11 on the inner and outer faces -of theboards, as the complete building may be formed o f the boards or slabs alone -to give a log cabin effect of thecomplete building, and it will also be apparent that thelogs orstrips 6 may be s o arranged inthe boards' or slabs, preferably on the inner faces thereof, to ypresent anV` ornamental appearance, and various changes i'n and modifications of theconstruction herein shown and described may be -made,' within the scopeof the appended claims, without departing 'from' thev spirit of my invention or sacrificing its' advantages.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Let-` ters Patent, is,:-'- n Y l. A building board or slab of the class described comprising a suitable'frame, a*Y

plurality oflogs mounted in saidframewaud secured thereto to form saidbo'ard or slab, a filler and binder in said frame between said logs, and spaced metal strips on the inner and outerfaces of said board or slab.

2. A building board or slab of the class described comprisingk a suitable frame, a

plurality of logs mounted in said frame and secured thereto to form said board or slab, a filler and binder in saidlframe between said logs, and spaced metal strips for reinforcing said board or slab, said metal strips beingmounted on the inner and outer faces of said board or slab and being adapted to Vformlan anchor for a plaster or other facing.V

53, A building board or slab of the class described comprising similarly formed frame members, a plurality of logs mounted in the separate frame 'members andV secured thereto, saidy frame members with the logs ltherein being adapted to be placed one upon yanother and secured together with a suitable binder and ller between the logs of said frame members.` f

.4. A building board or slab lof. the class described comprising f similarly formed frame members, a plurality of logs mounted `in the separate frame members and secured thereto, said frame members with'the logsV therein beingadapted to be placed one Kupon another and secured together with `a suitable binder-and filler between the logs of k'said frame members, and strips mounted between the separate logs o-f said frame members of less transversedimensions than said lOsS- 5, Al building board or'slab of theclass described comprisingsimilarly formed frame members, a plurality of logs mount- 7 ed in the separate frame members and secured thereto, said frame members with the logs therein being adapted to be placed one upon another and secured together with asuitable binder and fillery between the logs of `said frame members, and a plurality of metal strips mounted onthe inner and outer faces of said board or slab for reinforcing the same.V Y

6. A building board ors'lab of the class described comprising similarly formed frame members,a plurality of logs mount- ,ed inthe separate frame members and secured thereto, said frame members with the logstherein being adaptedl to be placed one upon another and secured 'together with a suitable binder and filler between the logs of said frame members, a plurality of metal strips mounted on the inner and outer faces of said board orslab for reinforcing the same,'and a plurality of boards or slabs bcing adapted to be placed side by side and one upon another and secured together to forni a building. i

7. A building board or slab of the class described comprising a suitable openwork rectangular frame, a plurality of wood strips mountedin the open portion of said `frame and secured thereto, and said strips being spaced apart to form within the frame a and binder;

8. A building board or slab of the class other strips Voi less transverse' dimensions described comprising a suitable openwork than said first named strip. mounted in vsaid trarne, a plurality ofwood strips `inonnted vframe between said first named strips. 10 in the open portion oi' said frame and se- In testimony that I claim the foregoing 5 cured thereto, said strips beingl spaced apart as iny invention I have signed Inynarne this to form Within the traine a space adapted 26th day of January7 1922.

to receive a suitable iller and binder, and f JOI-IN P. BEARDALL. 

